command prompt disk copy

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My son`s first assignment in his internet class is to copy the activities
disk that came with his workbook using disk copy in command prompt. The
workbook gives directions for a floppy however it is not a floppy but a cd.
We substituted D: for A: in the directions but we keep getting " invalid
drive specification, specified drive does not exist or is nonremovable" I
know you can`t use disk copy with a hard disk but is the cd drive considered
a hard disk drive? If not, where are we going wrong?
 
abrakadebra said:
My son`s first assignment in his internet class is to copy the activities
disk that came with his workbook using disk copy in command prompt. The
workbook gives directions for a floppy however it is not a floppy but a cd.
We substituted D: for A: in the directions but we keep getting " invalid
drive specification, specified drive does not exist or is nonremovable" I
know you can`t use disk copy with a hard disk but is the cd drive considered
a hard disk drive? If not, where are we going wrong?
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The command diskcopy.exe is reserved for floppy disks.
It won't work on anything else. Use "My Computer" or
"Windows Explorer" to copy files off a CD.
 
His teacher told him to sub drive D for A. I have a feeling this class might
be a problem. Thank you both. I should have come here first and saved myself
hours of frustration.

S.Sengupta said:
'Copies the contents of the floppy disk in the source drive to a
formatted or unformatted floppy disk in the destination drive.'

It works only with floppy disks.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/diskcopy.mspx

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

My son`s first assignment in his internet class is to copy the activities
disk that came with his workbook using disk copy in command prompt. The
workbook gives directions for a floppy however it is not a floppy but a cd.
We substituted D: for A: in the directions but we keep getting " invalid
drive specification, specified drive does not exist or is nonremovable" I
know you can`t use disk copy with a hard disk but is the cd drive considered
a hard disk drive? If not, where are we going wrong?
Click to expand...
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